Wrong Side (Of The Tracks) Song Lyrics and Chords by The Wilburn Brothers
Wrong Side (Of The Tracks)
Recorded by The Wilburn Brothers
Written by Betty Sue Perry
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They used to let me
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play with her
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awhile
This rich man's daughter
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with the pretty
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smile
But I was just a
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poor man's ragged
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child
And
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living on the wrong side of the
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social walls are hard to rise
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above
The
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wrong side of the tracks can kill true
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love
There's many who must
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know what I speak
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of
If
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they come from the wrong side of the
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As time went by I
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grew to love her
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so
We'd slip away so
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her folks wouldn't
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know
And with each kiss our
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love just seemed to
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grow
Though
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I came from the wrong side of the
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True
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love made different worlds into the
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same
It
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knows no boundaries made by social
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name
But still her parents
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gave me all the
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blame
Cause
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I live on the wrong side of the
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I guess they had a
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plan right from the
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start
They vowed somehow
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they'd keep we two
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apart
They moved her far a
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way and took my
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heart
And
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left me on the wrong side of the
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Yet
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I received her letter yester
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day
She
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tells me just to wait there'll be a
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way
But will they kill her
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love by things they
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say
And
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leave me on the wrong side of the
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tracks
FAQ
Who sang the the song Wrong Side (Of The Tracks)?
- The song Wrong Side (Of The Tracks) was sang by The Wilburn Brothers.
Who is The Wilburn Brothers?
- The Wilburn Brothers were a popular American country music duo from the 1950s to the 1970s consisting of brothers Virgil Doyle Wilburn (July 7, 1930 - October 16, 1982) and Thurman Theodore "Teddy" Wilburn (November 30, 1931 - November 24, 2003).
